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Sandman   Listen
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Sandman  n.  A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Sandman" Quotes from Famous Books



... led them down the hill to the shore again; and there they found the ferry-man ready, waiting. It is customary, I believe, for every one to be ferried home. The river, that way, is treble as wide, and the sandman is always wandering up and down the brink, scattering his sand so that one is apt to get too drowsy to swim the whole distance. The children piled into the boat—all but Michael; he stood clinging fast to the queen's ...
— The Primrose Ring • Ruth Sawyer



Words linked to "Sandman" :   gremlin, pixy, elf, imp, hob



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